Sand-shield for vehicles.



NO. 761,714. PATENTED JUNE 7, 1904. H. RICHARDSON.

' SAND SHIELD FOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED D30. 1, 1903. H0 MODEL.

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UNITED STATES Patented June 7, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

SAND-SHIELD FOR VEHICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 761,714, dated June '7, 1904. Application filed December 1, 1903. Serial No. 183,349. (No model.)

To all whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, HAMILTON RICHARDSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Townsend, in the county of Broadwater and State of Montana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sand-Shields for Buggies,Wagons, and other Vehicles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is a sand-shield; and it consists of a device to protect the ends of the axle where it enters the hub of the wheel and the hub of the wheel inside the spokes or on that end of the hub in the direction of the vehicle, and is intended to keep mud, sand, or any foreign matter away from the parts just mentioned.

My invention may be made any size and shape, so as to fit any vehicle.

My invention is primarily intended to be made of leather, cut out in one piece and pressed into shape, but may be made of any suitable material.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a face view of the blank out of which the shield is made before it is pressed into shape. Fig.

2 is a view of an axle, a sectional view of a hub and of my shield attached thereto. Fig. Sis a front end view of my shield. Fig. t is a detail sectional view of a part of one of the ears of the shield, one of the washers, and one of the nuts'secured together by a threaded. bolt. Fig. 5 is a perspective View of a combination wrench and screw-driver. Fig. 6 is a detail view showing'my shield secured in position. Fig. 7 is a detail view showing one of the nuts not turned quite home. Fig. 8 is a face View of one of my oblong washers.

My invention is described as follows: 1 represents the shield, 2 the hoodof the shield, and 3 the ears. Each ear has running longitudinally-and impressed in its outer face two slight depressions 4. These depressions are rectangular and oblong and have through each a central perforation 5, one being when the shield is folded above the other, as shown in Fig. 2. Adapted to fit in these depressions 4 are two oblong washers-'6, each having in its center a square depression 7 and through these washers and in the center of these square depressions are perforations 8. (See Fig. 8.)

-In putting on the shield we put the neck 9 over the axle and extend the hood 2 over the rear end of the hub. This hood may extend only part way or it may extend out entirely to the spokes of the wheel. The neck is so fitted and adapted to the .axle that the perforations 5 come just below the lower edge of the axle, so that the bolt 10 will fit up against the lower face thereof and so that the upper edges of the oblong washers 6 will impinge against the axle. This impinging of the upper edges of the washers inclines the lower edgesthereof inwardly a little, and thus to some extent prevents them from turning on the bolt; but as all unlocked nuts are sure intime when attached to a vehicle of any kind to work loose I have so constructed my invention that the bolt and nut will both be secure from turning. To

' secure this end, when pressing my shield into shape I impress in the ears slight longitudinal depressions 4:, and I make my washers 6 longitudinal and to fit in said longitudinal depressions, and I form my washers also with slight square central depressions 7, and then I make my bolt 10 square at one end and threaded at the other. I pass the bolt through one of the washers, then through one of the ears, then through the other ear on the other side of the axle, and then through the washer on that side, the square end of the bolt fitting in the square depression 7 of the washer, (see Fig. 6,) and then I turn the nut 11 onto the threaded end of the bolt 10 until it finally embedsitself in the depression? of said nut. (See Fig. 7

. Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

' 1. A sand-shield, consisting'of a hood 2, neck 9, ears 3, and in each ear, on the outer faces thereof, longitudinal depressions 4; rectangular oblong washers 6, adapted to fit in said depressions 4, and having in their center and outer faces, square depressions 7 and through said depressions perforations 8; square-headed bolt 10, adapted to have said square part embedded in the depression of one of thewashers, the bolt passing through the perforation 8, in said washer, then through the perforations in the ears, then through the of the washers to ride against the lower edges of said axle; and a nut adapted to screw on the threaded end of said bolt and against the outer face of last-mentioned washer, substantially as shown and described, and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HAMILTON RICI'IARI)S()N.

Vitn essos:

TRUMAN N. AVERILL, EUGENE S. BENNETT. 

